Vintage: Schott Cafe Racer Leather Jacket

ALL VINTAGE ITEMS ARE FINAL SALE, DOMESTIC ONLY (USA) NO RETURNS OR EXCHANGES OR BACKSIES. 

BRAND: Schott

ITEM: Cafe Racer leather jacket

* Front zipper is replaced to a New Talon zipper

DECADE: 1960s

SIZE: 38

MEASUREMENTS: 

shoulder: 15.5”

armpit to armpit: 17.5”

sleeve: 30.5”

length: 25”

Shinya does not ride a motorcycle. Shinya has never ridden a motorcycle. Shinya nonetheless collects motorcycle jackets. This one is from the 1960's, cowhide, great condition. 

Schott has a great company history page here opening with "In 1913, as Ford's new Model T began to crowd the already bustling streets of New York City, two brothers, the sons of a Russian immigrant, went after their piece of the American Dream . . .  By the mid-twenties, Schott NYC was revolutionizing the way Americans dressed for the outdoors when they were the first to put a zipper on a jacket. Eager to innovate, it was no surprise that Irving Schott then set his sights on another American classic in the making - the motorcycle. In 1928, Irving Schott designed and produced the first leather motorcycle jacket."

The classic American success story, indeed!